The Bazaruto Center for Scientific Studies (BCSS) is formalising a stronger governance model as it transforms from a single research station into a wide-reaching scientific network that spans multiple sites and international collaborations. Under the new structure, co-founder Dr Mario Lebrato steps into the freshly created role of Director of Science & Environment, charged with steering long-term research priorities, forging new partnerships, and ensuring scientific rigour and environmental stewardship across all BCSS programmes. This shift acknowledges the organisation’s rapid expansion—from running Africa’s first permanent Ocean Observatory to coordinating multi-ecosystem time-series studies, open-data platforms, and conservation initiatives on coral reefs, seagrass beds, mangroves, dugongs and migratory whales throughout the Western Indian Ocean—and aims to provide unified oversight as BCSS scales its impact regionally and globally.
To reinforce day-to-day leadership at the flagship Bazaruto Archipelago Ocean Observatory, BCSS is recruiting a full-time Station Manager who will oversee field operations, research coordination, finance, staffing, compliance and stakeholder engagement while reporting directly to Dr Lebrato. Qualified applicants (master’s degree minimum, eight years’ relevant experience, strong management record) are encouraged to submit their CV, salary expectations and references to mario.lebrato@bcssmz.org by 31 May 2026.
For a detailed overview of BCSS’s enhanced leadership framework and complete information on the Station Manager vacancy, click here.
